Fundraising that feels good?

Discover how small nonprofits are learning to embrace their fundraising alter-ego to raise money in a way that’s authentic.What is a fundraising alter-ego? It’s the Wonder Woman to Diana Prince, or Superman to Clark Kent. Not all people fundraise the same way - and that’s okay! Find a way to fundraise that is comfortable and authentic.

Quiz Outcomes

Your fundraising archetype is The Perfectionist.
You are great at what you do and love doing things well. You’re confident and passionate about your work. When it comes to fundraising, you feel like you just don’t know all the things to fundraise successfully, so you wait.
You want to learn, but everything else seems to be a bigger priority, or you’re not sure where to start. You keep putting it off, waiting until you’re more confident, which never seems to come.
Your fundraising alter-ego: The Doer
Fundraising know-how comes from practice and the only way to learn is to get started. You don’t need to have all of the answers. Your greatest opportunity is to start where you are and take baby steps, learning in the process.

Your fundraising archetype is The Wounded.
Fundraising makes you deeply uncomfortable. You are worried about rejection, which feels too overwhelming and personal for you to take the risk of even asking. You would rather crawl under a rock than ask someone for money.
Your fundraising alter-ego: The Visionary
Fundraising isn’t personal. It’s the art of connecting donors (individuals, foundations, corporations) with a shared vision of impact and change. The more you can focus on the work, and build meaningful buy-in, the more you can mobilize financial support, often without even asking.

Your fundraising archetype is The Idealist.
Let’s face it - you have a hard time connecting with “wealthy” people. You see donors, or potential donors, as a different breed, one that you have nothing in common with. You have a hard time fundraising because you just can’t relate to people who you would consider to be philanthropists.
Your fundraising alter-ego: The Connector
Fundraising is about finding people who share a connection to your cause, regardless of their ability to give. Your job is to find that shared passion and commitment and through that, you’ll find you’re more like your donors than you think.

Your fundraising archetype is The Acrobat.
You have so much on your plate, you don’t even know where to begin. Work is overwhelming and you are on the border of burn out (or way passed it). Fundraising is way down on your list of urgent priorities, but, like many of the things you need to do but don’t have time for, it keeps you up at night.
Your fundraising alter ego: The Harmonizer
You can’t do everything and you have to learn how to change your habits in order to protect your health and productivity. You need to learn to differentiate between urgent and important and find ways to delegate or delete.